Saturday, June 10, 2023

Answers to yesterday's bee


The official answers for today's puzzle are:

  • abaci
  • abate
  • abated
  • abdicate
  • abdicated
  • abed
  • abet
  • abetted
  • abide
  • abided
  • baaed
  • baba
  • babe
  • babied
  • baddie
  • bade
  • bait
  • baited
  • bate
  • bated
  • batted
  • bead
  • beaded
  • beat
  • bedded
  • beet
  • beta
  • betide
  • betided
  • bide
  • bided
  • bidet
  • bite
  • cabbed
  • cabbie
  • ciabatta
  • dabbed
  • deadbeat
  • debate
  • debated
  • debit
  • debited
  • debt
  • diabetic
  • ebbed
  • tabbed
  • tibia
  • tibiae
  • tidbit


Number of Pangrams: 3

Maximum Puzzle Score: 250

Number of Answers: 49

Points Needed for Genius: 175

Genius requires between 24 and 43 words. You need at least a 7-letter word to reach genius. If you don't get the pangrams, you need 86% of the total points to reach genius. If you get the pangrams, you only need 63% of the remaining points to reach genius.



How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 250 was in the 86th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on June 7, 2023.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 49 possible answers rank it in the 77th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on June 7, 2023.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 8, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 16 on March 27, 2023.

It takes a 7-letter word for genius. This is pretty common.



Haven't I seen these letters before?

Hover over a letter to see its first and most recent appearance in the Bee!



Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are

  • noon 144
  • loll 142
  • toot 134
  • naan 121
  • nana 121
  • lilt 108
  • till 108
  • tilt 108
  • mama 92
  • mamma 92
  • tint 92
  • acacia 86
  • acai 86
  • nene 86
  • onto 85
  • toon 85
  • call 84
  • calla 84
  • lull 84
  • lulu 84
  • dodo 83
  • poop 82
  • boob 81
  • booboo 81
  • tatty 81
  • olio 79
  • papa 79
  • allay 78
  • ally 78
  • anal 78
  • mitt 78
  • array 77
  • baba 77
  • anon 76
  • radar 76
  • ratatat 76
  • tart 76
  • tartar 76
  • attar 75
  • mono 74
  • moon 74
  • onion 74
  • loom 73
  • loon 73
  • moll 73
  • tact 72
  • tutu 72
  • epee 71
  • itty 71
  • nanny 71


Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

You may be wondering why these words aren't here*:

  • abaca
  • abba
  • abbe
  • adiabatic
  • babbitt
  • babbitted
  • bacca
  • baccae
  • baccate
  • baccated
  • batata
  • batt
  • bedad
  • beebee
  • beedi
  • betta
  • betted
  • bibb
  • bibbed
  • bibe
  • bice
  • bidi
  • bitt
  • bitted
  • cebid
  • ceiba
  • dibbed
  • ebbet
  • tabbied
  • tabetic
  • tabid
  • titbit

*Because the New York Times considers them obscure or offensive.